PlexxiPulse – To innovate or iterate? That is the question.

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Does your company innovate or iterate? In general, big companies tend to struggle more with true innovation as they approach it from the lens of their product set, and the need to protect existing revenue streams. This results in a more iterative approach that still moves technology forward, but at a slower pace than truly disruptive technologies.

I’m not saying iteration is bad, but there is a difference between an innovation that creates new ways of doing things, and an iteration that simply does the same thing differently and slightly better. And while the compute and storage side of the data center has seen innovation, the network side has seen mostly iteration.

So now you’re probably wondering, is Plexxi an innovator or iterator? Check out the most recent blog from Plexxi’s Larry Veino to find out.

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Telecoms.com: We’re getting closer to the NFV promised landBy Scott BichenoFrom Red Hat EMEA we met Timo Jokiaho, Principal Technologist for Telco (right, above), and Nik Stankau, Business Development Director for Telco (left). Red Hat makes its money from fine-tuning open source software to make it commercial-grade, so it’s in a good position to comment on the state of the software being developed to make everything work – the plumbing if you like – as we move into the 5G era.

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Plexxi co-founder and Vice President of Product Management Mat Mathews has spent 20 years in the networking industry observing, experimenting and ultimately honing his technology vision. The resulting product — a combination of traditional networking, software-defined networking and photonic switching — represents the best of Mat's career experiences. Prior to Plexxi, Mat held VP of Product Management roles at Arbor Networks and Crossbeam Systems. Mat began his career as a software engineer for Wellfleet Communications, building high speed Frame Relay Switches for the carrier market. Mat holds a Bachelors of Science in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.